SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT PUT ON HOLD

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Jun 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM

I READ YOUR SYNDICATED ARTICLE BY DON FROSCH IN THE JUNE 28 EDITION OF THE STAR NEWS TITLED "SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT PUT ON HOLD.ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE A 2 YEAR MORATORIUM IS NOW IN EFFECT IN OUR WESTERN DESERT.THERE APPEARS TO BE A CONCERN ABOUT A DESERT TORTOISE AND THE MOJAVE GROUND SQUIRREL{WHATEVER THAT IS}A 2 YEAR STUDY IS REQUIRED TO BE SURE THAT THOSE SPECIES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY.ONE WOULD THINK THAT A PROJECT OF THIS NATURE WOULD BE "FAST TRACKED" NOT "SIDE TRACKED" CONSIDERING OUR CURRENT ENERGY SITUATION.IS THERE A POWERFUL FACTION IN OUR COUNTRY THAT WANTS THE U.S.A. DEPENDENT ON OIL SUPPLIED BY OUR ENEMIES?iT SEEMS THAT WHENEVER A PROPOSAL IS PRESENTED TO REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL AN OBJECTION IS RAISED.WIND POWER KILLS BIRDS,NUCLEAR PLANTS HAVE WASTE,DOMESTIC DRILLING FOR GAS AND OIL HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT AND CARIBOU,SOLAR POWER THREATENS A SQUIRREL.THE "WIND FALL PROFITS TAX" IS NOT AN ANSWER IT'S A POLITICAL DIVERSION FROM REALITY.OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN AND HAVE A COHERENT NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY THAT USES ALL THE SOURCES OF ENERGY THAT I HAVE MENTIONED AND MANY THAT I HAVE NOT.THAT IS THE ANSWER AND NOT POLITICAL RHETORIC AND BAND AIDS.THE ENERGY SITUATION HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR TO LONG IN OUR COUNTRY AND WILL NOT BE SOLVED TODAY,TOMORROW,OR NEXT YEAR.THERE MUST BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE ENVIORNMENT AND OUR ENERGY REQUIREMENTS.THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO TODAY.DOUGLAS RAILOSOUTHPORT, N.C. 28461

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